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• The Owen County High School boy’s soccer team took part in the Rotary Capital City Soccer Classic last week in Frankfort. The team began the week with a 7-2 loss to Western Hills Aug. 21. Carlos Perez had both goals and James Marston had a pair of assists.
They then dropped a 2-0 decision to Franklin County Aug. 23 before losing 6-1 to Frankfort on Saturday.
The team will look to get back on track Wednesday as they host Gallatin County in the Eighth Region All ‘A’ Classic. A win would move them on to play again at home on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Aug. 26
Game 1:
Owen County Midgets 20 - Gallatin County Midgets 7
The first quarter of the game saw both teams battle defensively.
Gallatin scored in the early in the second quarter to take a 7-0 lead.
Owen County responded with a touchdown by Eli Rice and an extra-point conversion by Kenny Wagers to make it 7-7.
Owen County got the ball to start the third quarter and Eli Rice took the ball 45 yards for his second touchdown of the day. Eli Myers scored the extra-point conversion to put Owen County up 14-7.

The Maurice Bowling Middle School football team is off to a 2-0 start to begin the season. The team beat East Oldham in the opener before defeating Henry County last Thursday at Patterson Field.
Against East Oldham, the Rebels fell behind 8-0 before MBMS answered with a long drive that ended with a short touchdown run by Austin Riggs. Nolan Tackett and Ross Ford connected for the 2-point conversion to tie the game at 8-8.

• The girl’s soccer team was in action last week at the Capital City Classic in Frankfort. The team lost to Western Hills, Franklin County and Frankfort. The team will be at home today (Wednesday) as they host Henry County in their first 31st district game. They will travel to Ludlow on Saturday before returning home on Monday for a game with Bryan Station.

Week one was a winning week for the Owen County High School boy’s soccer team.
The season got started Aug. 14 when the team hosted Simon Kenton.
The Rebels and Pioneers were tied at 2-2 with 16 minutes left in the game before Simon Kenton scored on a penalty pick. They would make the lead stand up in the game’s closing minutes winning 3-2.
The Rebels got goals from Austin Collins and Carlos Perez and goalie Ben Allen made 10 saves. James Marston assisted on both goals.

• The Braves are 0-1 after they dropped a 29-14 decision against Rockcastle County on Saturday night. The game was a part of the Thorobred Bowl at Harrison County.
• The Rebels will be making their fourth straight trip to play the Braves in Dry Ridge. They currently have a two-game winning streak in the series. Owen County won last year’s matchup 20-6.
• Since 2005, the Rebels are 2-5 against Grant County.
• Grant County finished last season 3-7 and failed to reach the 5A state playoffs.

The 2012 fall sports season is getting underway this week for the Owen County High School.
The Lady Rebels will begin the volleyball season on Monday at Trimble County. Owen County is hoping for better results against the Lady Raiders than they had in 2011. The two teams met three times last season with Trimble County winning all three matches.
At the Eighth Region All ‘A’ Classic, it was Trimble County who ended the longest winning streak in Owen County’s short volleyball history at seven matches in a row.

The Owen County High School boy’s golf team began the 2012 campaign last week.
The team was on the course July 30 at Sugar Bay where they took on Walton-Verona High School. The match was a good early season test against the team that captured the NCKC and All ‘A” championships a year ago.
The Bearcats would get the better of the Rebels on this day as they won the match by 10 strokes.
Zach Ripy led Owen County with a nine-hole total of 40 while Cole Hamilton fired a 42.

The Owen County High School girl’s golf team has begun the 2012 season by taking on all challengers.
In three of their first four matches, the team has competed against six of the teams that finished in the top 10 in the 2011 State Golf Tournament.
In the Lady Rebels’ opening match of the year on July 28 at the Green County Invitational, the team competed against Henry Clay High School which finished eighth; Glasgow High School which finished tied for sixth; and Green County High School which was the runner-up.